Prevalence of antibodies to equine alphaviruses in the State of Pará, Brazil

ABSTRACT: The State of Pará comprises 26% of Brazilian Amazon region, where a large diversity of arboviruses has been described. This study sought to assess the prevalence and distribution of hemagglutination inhibition (HI) antibodies against antigens of four alphaviruses (Togaviridae: Alphavirus ) from the species: Eastern equine encephalitis (EEEV), Western equine encephalitis (WEEV), Mayaro virus (MAYV), and Mucambo virus (MUCV) in 753 serum samples of horses in Pará State, Brazil. All investigated arboviruses were detected and indicate that horses are susceptible to these alphaviruses, and show evidences of their active circulation in farm animals in the Brazilian Amazon.

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Main Authors:	Casseb,Alexandre do Rosário, Brito,Thais Costa, Silva,Maria Rogéria Menezes da, Chiang,Jannifer Oliveira, Martins,Lívia Caricio, Silva,Sandro Patroca da, Henriques,Daniele Freitas, Casseb,Livia Medeiros Neves, Vasconcelos,Pedro Fernando da Costa
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Instituto Biológico 2016
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-16572016000100311
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